单词 | second-strike |
释义 | second-strike[ sek-uhnd-strahyk ] / ˈsɛk əndˈstraɪk / adjectivenoting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike. Origin of second-strikeFirst recorded in 1960–65; second1 + strike (in the sense “military attack” OTHER WORDS FROM second-strikesecond strike, nounWords nearby second-strikesecond sex, second sheet, second sight, second story, second-story man, second-strike, second string, second thought, second thoughts, second to none, second tooth Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for second-strike
British Dictionary definitions for second-strikesecond-strike adjective(of a nuclear weapon) intended to be used in a counterattack in response to a nuclear attack (of a strategy) based on the concept of surviving an initial nuclear attack with enough nuclear weaponry to retaliate Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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